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‘Kidnap’ girl rejoins her mother

A seven-year-old girl allegedly abducted by her father in the United States has been reunited with her mother, US police have confirmed.
Reigh Storrow Boss, nicknamed Snooks, who lives with her mother Sandra Boss in London, was snatched during a supervised visit in Boston last Sunday.
Her father, who uses the name Clark Rockefeller, was arrested in [...]

Abba’s Gold tops UK chart again

Abba’s greatest hits compilation Gold, first released in 1992, has become the oldest album to top the UK album chart.
The record, which has made it to the top spot on four previous occasions, knocked Coldplay’s Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends down to two.
In the singles chart, US musician Kid Rock has [...]

Gruesome crime shocks Greek isle

Police on the Greek island of Santorini have shot and injured a knifeman who decapitated his girlfriend and walked around the streets with her head.
Terrified residents of the popular tourist island barricaded themselves into their homes and called the police.
The suspect, 35, was shot during a dramatic car chase in which he crashed into a [...]

Eleven climbers feared dead on K2

Eleven climbers have died in north Pakistan trying to scale the world’s second-highest peak, K2, reports say.
An eyewitness says 25 climbers reached the summit on Friday, but nine were stranded and froze to death after an avalanche swept away their fixed ropes.
In the deadliest day in K2’s history, another climber fell to his death and [...]

India temple stampede ‘kills 140′

At least 140 people have died in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
A rain shelter on the mountain path to the temple collapsed, triggering rumours of a landslide.
Many of the victims were children, trampled to death during the panic. Fifty more people were hurt and are being treated [...]